Chrysostom Kalamatianos

Life

Born

1930

Monastic tonsure

2 October 1954

Ordained deacon

3 October 1954

Ordained priest

23 April 1967

Made archimandrite

23 April 1967

Elected bishop

2 May 1984

Consecrated bishop

6 May 1984

Made metropolitan

6 May 1984

Retired

12 October 2026

Sees

1. 6 May 1984 – 12 October 2026

   Metropolitan of Methymna

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 12 October 2026 – present

   Former Metropolitan of Methymna

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 6 May 1984 by:

• Serapheim Tikas Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1913–1998
• Barnabas Tzortzatos Metropolitan of Kitros and Katerini, 1918–1985
• Ignatios Tsingres Metropolitan of Arta, 1911–1988
• Panteleimon Karanikolas Metropolitan of Corinth, 1919–2006
• Paul Giannikopoulos Metropolitan of Veroia and Naousa, 1929–1993
• Chrysostom Voultsos Metropolitan of Nea Smyrni, 1927–1986
• Serapheim Orphanos Metropolitan of Larisa and Tyrnavos, 1931–1989
• Panteleimon Bezenitis Metropolitan of Attica, 1938–2014
• Iakovos Korozes Metropolitan of Kythira, 1927–2009
• Nikodemos Anagnostou Metropolitan of Ierissos, Agion Oros and Ardamerion, 1931–2012
• Maximos Xydas Metropolitan of Serrai and Nigrita, 1942–2003
• Alexander Papadopoulos Metropolitan of Mantineia and Kynouria, b. 1936
• Athenagoras Anastasiades Metropolitan of Mexico, b. 1941

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 12 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Chrysostom Kalamatianos Metropolitan of Methymna consecrated 6 May 1984
2. Iakovos Korozes Metropolitan of Kythira, 1927–2009 consecrated 2 March 1980
3. Gabriel Kalokairinos Metropolitan of Thera, Amorgos and Nisoi, 1910–1983 consecrated 17 November 1957
4. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
5. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
6. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
7. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
8. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
9. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
10. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
11. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
12. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
13. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 4

• 20 November 1988Iakovos Phrantzes Metropolitan of Mytilini, Eressos and Plomarion, b. 1942
• 28 January 1995Alexios Vrionis Metropolitan of Nikaia, b. 1944
• 22 January 2000Daniel Pourtsoukles Metropolitan of Kaisariani, Vyron and Ymittos, b. 1952
• 29 June 2014Chariton Toumbas Metropolitan of Elassona and Deskate, b. 1975

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr